Globe Road, E2

Road in/near Mile End, existing between 1581 and now

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Globe Road was mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581.

Globe Road was was called Thieving Lane c. 1600 and in 1703.

The section north of Roman Road was called Globe Street until quite late.

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Main source: A History of the County of Middlesex | British History Online
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
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NEARBY STREETS
Abingdon Street, E1 Abingdon Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Achilles House, E2 Achilles House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road (Bethnal Green)
Ainsley Street, E2 Ainsley Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Ajax House, E2 Ajax House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road (Bethnal Green)
Albert Jacob House, E2 Albert Jacob House is a block on Roman Road (Mile End)
Alderney Road, E1 Alderney Road began as a pathway called Alderney Place during the 1830s (Stepney Green)
Allen McAuliffe House, E2 Allen McAuliffe House is a block on Approach Road (Mile End)
Allenbury Street, E2 Allenbury Street no longer exists (Bethnal Green)
Alma Road West, Alma Road West is an old East End street (Mile End)
Alzette House, E2 Alzette House is a block on Mace Street (Mile End)
Ames House, E2 Ames House is a block on Bonner Street (Mile End)
Amiel Street, E1 Amiel Street is one of ten streets commemorating Stepney residents killed in the air raids of the Second World War (Stepney Green)
Andover Court, E2 Andover Court is a building on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Apollo House, E2 Apollo House is a block on St Jude’s Road (Bethnal Green)
Argyle Road, E1 Argyle Road followed Carlton Square as an 1850s development by William Pemberton Barnes (Stepney Green)
Ashbee House, E2 Ashbee House can be found on Portman Place (Stepney Green)
Astra Apartments, E2 Astra Apartments can be found on Globe Road (Mile End)
Ayrton Gould House, E2 Ayrton Gould House is a block on Roman Road (Mile End)
Bahram Court, E2 Bahram Court is a block on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Baker Street, Baker Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Bancroft Road, E1 Bancroft Road was constructed in stages between 1820 and 1850 (Stepney Green)
Barbanel House, E1 Barbanel House is sited on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Bevin House, E2 Bevin House is a block on Knottisford Street (Mile End)
Birkbeck Street, E2 Birkbeck Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Blitheale Court, E2 Blitheale Court is a block on Witan Street (Bethnal Green)
Bonner Street, E2 Bonner Street was named for Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London from 1539–49 and again from 1553-59 (Mile End)
Bonwell Street, Bonwell Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Bonwell Street, E2 Bonwell Street was redeveloped but still there as an unnamed road (Mile End)
Bradbeer House, E2 Bradbeer House can be found on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Bradley Lynch Court, E2 Bradley Lynch Court is a block on Morpeth Street (Mile End)
Bradwell Street, E1 Bradwell Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Braintree House, E1 Braintree House is named for the road it would have previously faced - Braintree Street (Stepney Green)
Braintree Street, E1 Braintree Street, like Hadleigh Street, was named after a town in Essex (Bethnal Green)
Brancaster House, E1 Brancaster House is a block on Moody Street (Mile End)
Brierley Street, Brierley Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Brierly Gardens, E2 Brierly Gardens is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Britannia House, E2 Britannia House is a block on Digby Street (Mile End)
Bullards Place, E2 Bullards Place is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Bullards Street, Bullards Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Burns House, E2 Burns House is located on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Butler House, E2 Butler House is a block on Butler Street (Mile End)
Butler Street, Butler Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Cambridge Heath Road, E2 The route of Cambridge Heath Road, passing through Bethnal Green as a broad stretch of waste, was mentioned in the 1580s as the highway from Mile End to Hackney. (Bethnal Green)
Camden Street, Camden Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Carlton Square, E1 The houses in the Carlton Square area were developed in the 1850s by William Pemberton Barnes on open land known as Globe Fields. (Stepney Green)
Chater House, E2 Chater House is a block on Roman Road (Mile End)
Chester Street, Chester Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
City View House, E2 City View House is a block on Bethnal Green Road (Bethnal Green)
Colebert Avenue, E1 Colebert Avenue was named in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Colebert House, E1 Colebert House can be found on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Colmar Close, E1 Colmar Close was redeveloped out of the southern part of the former Carlton Road (now Portelet Road) (Stepney Green)
Colnmore Court / Greenan Court, E2 Colnmore Court / Greenan Court is a block on Meath Crescent (Bethnal Green)
Corfield Street, E2 Corfield Street runs along the route of the former Camden Gardens (Bethnal Green)
Cornwall Avenue, E2 Cornwall Avenue is a no-through road running off of Braintree Street (Bethnal Green)
Cornwall Road, Cornwall Road is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Cotherstone Court, E2 Cotherstone Court is a block on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Coventry Street, E1 Suffolk Street was renamed to Coventry Street, E2 in 1881 (Bethnal Green)
Cranbrook Street, E2 Cranbrook Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Cudworth Street, E1 Cudworth Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Cutters Court, E2 Cutters Court is sited on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Cyprus Street, E2 Cyprus Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Dawson House, E2 Dawson House can be found on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Devonshire Court, E1 Devonshire Court is a block on Bancroft Road (Stepney Green)
Digby Street, E2 Digby Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Donegal House, E1 Donegal House was built in 1970 as part of the Collingwood Estate (Bethnal Green)
Doric House, E2 Doric House is a block on Mace Street (Mile End)
Dressage Court, E2 Dressage Court is a block on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Ellen Wilkinson House, E2 Ellen Wilkinson House is a block on Usk Street (Mile End)
Ellsworth Street, E2 Ellsworth Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Elysium Apartments, E1 Elysium Apartments can be found on Theven Street (Stepney Green)
Entick Street, E2 Entick Street was near to Malcolm Place - the course of the road still visible as a path parallel to Braintree Street (Bethnal Green)
Essex Street, E1 Essex Street, at first called Isaac Street, was largely redeveloped after the Second World War (Bethnal Green)
Estate Road, E2 Commercial area (Mile End)
Evesham House, E2 Evesham House can be found on Old Ford Road (Mile End)
Felix Street, E2 Felix Street was part of the Parmiter’s Estate when built in 1812 (Cambridge Heath)
Finnis Street, Finnis Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Forber House, E2 Forber House is a block on Braintree Street (Bethnal Green)
Fountain Apartments, E2 Fountain Apartments is a block on Sceptre Road (Bethnal Green)
Fox Close, E1 Most local street names - Fox Close included - commemorated local victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Fox Street, Fox Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Friesian House, E2 Friesian House can be found on Buckhurst Street (Bethnal Green)
Gales Gardens, E2 Gales Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Gauber Street, Gauber Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Gawber Street, E2 Gawber Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
George Belt House, E2 George Belt House is sited on Smart Street (Mile End)
Gibson Close, E1 Gibson Close originated in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Glass Street, E2 Glass Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Globe Apartments, E1 The Globe Apartments are located on Globe Road on the corner of Portman Place (Bethnal Green)
Globe Road, E1 Globe Road is an older road of Stepney, mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581 (Stepney Green)
Globe Road, E2 Globe Road was mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581 (Mile End)
Grantley Street, E1 Grantley Street was formerly called Grafton Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)
Greenheath Business Centre, E2 Greenheath Business Centre is a Bethnal Green commercial area (Bethnal Green)
Gretton House, E2 Gretton House is a block on Globe Road (Mile End)
Grove Street, E2 Lower Grove Street was called Grove Street after 1867 (Bethnal Green)
Hadleigh Close, E1 Hadleigh Close is a right-angled road, part of the Rogers Estate (Stepney Green)
Hadleigh House, E1 Hadleigh House is located on Lang Street (Stepney Green)
Hadleigh Street, E1 Hadleigh Street is one of a number of local streets with an Essex connection (Bethnal Green)
Hadleigh Walk, E1 Hadleigh Walk connects Hadleigh Street to the west (Stepney Green)
Harpley Square, E1 Harpley Square lies to the east of Globe Road (Stepney Green)
Hartley Street, Hartley Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Hartley Street, E2 Hartley Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Hector House, E2 Hector House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road (Bethnal Green)
Helen’s Place, E2 Helen’s Place is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Herald Street, E2 Herald Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Hersey Place, Hersey Place is an old East End street (Mile End)
Hollybush Gardens, E2 Hollybush Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Hollybush House, E2 Hollybush House is a block on Hollybush Gardens (Bethnal Green)
Hollybush Place, E2 Hollybush Place is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Holman House, E2 Holman House is a block on Roman Road (Mile End)
Holton Street, E1 Holton Street is a street in two sections, divided by Carlton Square (Stepney Green)
Hugh Platt House, E2 Hugh Platt House is a block on Patriot Square (Bethnal Green)
Hugues House, E2 Hugues House is a block on Sceptre Road (Bethnal Green)
Huntley Street, Huntley Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Hurdlow House, E1 Hurdlow House is sited on Moody Street (Bethnal Green)
Ibbott Street, E1 The name Ibbott Street was approved in 1948 (Stepney Green)
James Docherty House, E2 James Docherty House, on the Approach Estate, stands on Patriot Square (Bethnal Green)
James Middleton House, E2 James Middleton House is a block on Middleton Street (Bethnal Green)
James Street, James Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Jameson Court, E2 Jameson Court is a block on Russia Lane (Cambridge Heath)
Jersey Street, E2 Jersey Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Keats House, E2 Keats House is a block on Roman Road (Bethnal Green)
Kenton House, E1 Kenton House is a building on Mantus Road (Stepney Green)
King Street, E1 King Street was renamed Wickford Street in 1912 (Stepney Green)
Lang Street, E1 Lang Street is a post-war road (Stepney Green)
Leatherdale Street, E2 After 1882, the new name for York Street was Leatherdale Street, E2 (Stepney Green)
Lilac Lane, E2 Lilac Lane is a location in London (Mile End)
Longman House, E2 Longman House is a block on Mace Street (Mile End)
Mace Street, E2 Mace Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Malcolm Place, E1 Malcolm Place runs along the railway and the south edge of Bethnal Green Gardens (Stepney Green)
Malcolm Road, E1 Malcolm Road was a new name for the southern section of Braintree Street after 1949 (Stepney Green)
Mantus Close, E1 Mantus Close was named after one of the Stepney victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Mantus Road, E1 Mantus Road runs south of the railway line into Bethnal Green, (Stepney Green)
Massingham Street, E1 Massingham Street was called Norfolk Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)
Matilda Street, E2 Bellona Street became Matilda Street before it disappeared from the map in the 1940s (Bethnal Green)
Mayfield House, E2 Mayfield House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road (Mile End)
Mccoy House, E2 Mccoy House is a building on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Meath Bridge, E1 Meath Bridge is a road in the E1 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Meath Crescent, E1 Meath Crescent is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Mendip House, E2 Mendip House is a block on Kirkwall Place (Mile End)
Merceron House, E2 Merceron House is a block on Globe Road (Mile End)
Middleton Street, E2 Middleton Street was built after 1857 (Bethnal Green)
Milton House, E2 Milton House can be found on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Mödling House, E2 Mödling House is sited on Mace Street (Mile End)
Montford House, E2 Montford House can be found on Victoria Park Square (Mile End)
Moody Street, E1 Moody Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)
Moore House, E2 Moore House is sited on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Morpeth Street, E2 Morpeth Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Morris House, E2 Morris House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Mulberry House, E2 Mulberry House is a block on Victoria Park Square (Mile End)
Museum Passage, E2 Museum Passage crosses the northern edge of Museum Gardens (Mile End)
Nant Street, E2 Nant Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Netteswell House, E2 Netteswell House is a building on Old Ford Road (Mile End)
Norfolk Street, E1 Norfolk Street ran east from Globe Road (Stepney Green)
North Place, North Place is an old East End street (Mile End)
Norton House, E2 Norton House is a block on Mace Street (Mile End)
Offenbach House, E2 Offenbach House is a block on Mace Street (Mile End)
Old Ford Road, E2 Old Ford Road runs eastwards from Cambridge Heath Road, eventually leading to Old Ford (Mile End)
Oldford Road, Oldford Road is an old East End street (Mile End)
Paradise Row, E2 Paradise Row is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Park Street, Park Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Patriot Square, E2 Patriot Square was built on a portion of the Pyotts estate (Bethnal Green)
Pavan Court, E2 Pavan Court is located on Sceptre Road (Bethnal Green)
Peary Place, E2 Peary Place is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Peel Grove, E2 Peel Grove is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Pelican House, E1 Pelican House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road (Stepney Green)
Pemell Close, E1 Pemell Close marks one of the names - chosen by lot - of Stepney residents killed in Second World War air raids (Stepney Green)
Pemell House, E1 Pemell House is a block on Pemell Close (Stepney Green)
Pepys House, E2 Pepys House is a block on Hartley Street (Mile End)
Phoenix Court, E1 Phoenix Court is a block on Cudworth Street (Bethnal Green)
Portelet Road, E1 Portelet Road runs north from Carlton Square (Stepney Green)
Portman Place, E1 Portman Place crosses Globe Road north of the railway tracks (Stepney Green)
Pott Street, E2 Pott Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Poyser Street, E2 Poyser Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Priam House, E2 Priam House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road (Cambridge Heath)
Pundersons Gardens, E2 Pundersons Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Puteaux House, E2 Puteaux House is a block on Mace Street (Mile End)
Raynham House, E1 Raynham House is a building on Harpley Square (Stepney Green)
Redclyf House, E1 Redclyf House is a block on Stothard Street (Stepney Green)
Rickman House, E1 Rickman House is a block on Rickman Street (Stepney Green)
Rickman Street, E1 Rickman Street was a street from the immediate post-war period (Stepney Green)
Roman Road, E2 Roman Road commemorates the ancient route from London to Colchester without being actually that road. (Mile End)
Royston Street, E2 Royston Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Ryder House, E1 Ryder House is a block on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Sceptre House, E1 Sceptre House is a block on Malcolm Road (Stepney Green)
Sceptre Road, E2 Prior to the Second World War, Sceptre Road was slightly longer (Bethnal Green)
Sceptre Street, E1 The southernmost section of Sceptre Road was called Sceptre Street (Stepney Green)
Shelley House, E2 Shelley House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Sleigh House, E2 Sleigh House is a block on Roman Road (Mile End)
Smart Street, E2 Smart Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
St Gilles House, E2 St Gilles House is located on Mace Street (Mile End)
St Jude Street, St Jude Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
St Judes Road, E2 St Judes Road is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
St Peters Court, E1 St Peters Court is sited on Cephas Street (Stepney Green)
Stafford Cripps House, E2 Stafford Cripps House is a block on Globe Road (Bethnal Green)
Stapleton House, E2 Stapleton House is a block on Ellsworth Street (Bethnal Green)
Stothard House, E1 Stothard House is located on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Sugar Loaf Walk, E2 Sugar Loaf Walk is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Swinburne House, E2 Swinburne House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Tarrant House, E2 Tarrant House is a block on Roman Road (Bethnal Green)
Tate House, E2 Tate House is a block on Mace Street (Mile End)
Thomas Hollywood House, E2 Thomas Hollywood House is located on Russia Lane (Mile End)
Three Colt Lane, Three Colt Lane is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Three Colts Lane, E1 Three Colts Lane is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Thurlow Place, Thurlow Place is an old East End street (Mile End)
Tollet Street, E1 Tollet Street was the home of George Lusk, leader of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee (Stepney Green)
Tuscan House, E2 Tuscan House is a block on Digby Street (Mile End)
Twig Folly Close, E2 Twig Folly Close is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Usk Street, Usk Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Usk Street, E2 Usk Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Velletri House, E2 Velletri House is a block on Mace Street (Mile End)
Victoria Park Square, E2 Victoria Park Square is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Violet Street, Violet Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Walter Street, E2 Walter Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Warley Street, E2 Warley Street is a road in the RM14 postcode area (Mile End)
Welwyn Street, E2 Welwyn Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Wessex Street, E2 Wessex Street was one of the renamings of the many Essex Streets of London (Bethnal Green)
Westbrook House, E2 Westbrook House is a block on Globe Road (Mile End)
Wharncliffe, Wharncliffe is an old East End street (Mile End)
Whitman House, E2 Whitman House is a building on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Wickford House, E1 Wickford House is part of the 1948-built Cleveland estate (Stepney Green)
Wickford Street, E1 Wickford Street was a new name for King Street (Stepney Green)
William Caslon House, E2 William Caslon House is a block on Patriot Square (Cambridge Heath)
Witan Street, E2 Witan Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)


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